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===Sunday, April 2, 2023===
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Sunday, December 7, 2025
  
===Palm Sunday===
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2nd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
===Opening Prayer Song===
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====Opening Prayer====
''Hosanna''
 
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
====Opening Sentences====
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Reader 1: Today we light two candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
Leader: O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
'''People: Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures for ever.”'''
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Reader 3: We seek God's peace in this time of stress.
  
Leader: Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
'''People: This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.'''
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[The first and second purple Advent Candles are lighted]
 
 
Leader:  I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
 
 
 
'''People: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.'''
 
 
 
Leader:  This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
 
 
 
'''People: This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.'''
 
 
 
Leader:  Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!
 
 
 
'''People: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.'''
 
 
 
Leader:  The LORD is God, and he has given us light.  Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.
 
 
 
'''People: You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.'''
 
 
 
ALL:  O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
 
  
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=We Hear God's Word=
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Opening Song====
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"Prince of Peace"
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====Old Testament Scripture Reading====
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====First Scripture Reading====
''Psalm 31''
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''Isaiah 11:1-10''
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2031&version=CEV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2011%3A1-10&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
  
====New Testament Scripture Reading====
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====Second Scripture Reading====
"John 11:1-45 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead Bible Animation CartoonWorks"
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''Matthew 3:1-12''
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.
 
 
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  
 
 
 
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  
 
   
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
 
 
for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.   
 
 
 
Amen.
 
  
===Closing Blessing===
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===Closing Prayer===
"Irish Blessing - May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Ireland Calling"
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"Let There Be Peace"
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=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=

Latest revision as of 16:55, 7 December 2025

Sunday, December 7, 2025

2nd Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light two candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.

Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.

Reader 3: We seek God's peace in this time of stress.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.

[The first and second purple Advent Candles are lighted]

We Hear God's Word

Opening Song

"Prince of Peace"

First Scripture Reading

Isaiah 11:1-10

Second Scripture Reading

Matthew 3:1-12

We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Closing Prayer

"Let There Be Peace"

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation